“Oh, no,” the mother fox replied. “They are just in the next grove of trees. And it will be such an honor for them to meet you, for they have never met a tiger of any kind at all, much less such a large and magnificent one!” The foxes led the tiger to the great tree under which their den was located. “Now, go get our children and bring them up to meet their Uncle Tiger!” the mother fox said to her husband, and he immediately slipped down the narrow hole into the den.